Support for leaves of loose-leaf binders.



J S. MoGOMB.

SUPPORT FOR LEAVES OF LOOSE LEAF BINDERS. APPLICATION FILED SBPT.11,1906.

9479?? Patented Feb. 1, 1910 I Jf kri.

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SUPPORT FOIL LEAVES OF LUOSTEl-LEAF BUILDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1., 191m.

Application filed September 11, 1902. Seria1 No. 452,568.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

or more of my supports 5, which in the pre Be it known that I, JENNINGSSoo'rr Mo- 1 ferred construction consist of a substantially Gone, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Dobbs Ferry, in thecounty of li estchester and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Supports for Leaves of Loose Leaf Binders, ofwhich the following is a specification, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, which forms a part of the same.

This invention relates to loose leaf binders and more particularly tosupports .for the leaves of a loose leaf binder, which supports may beincorporated in the binder forming a part of the extensible pillars orposts. By incorporating one, or a plurality, of my supports in the postsor pillars of the binder, I. support the different leaves or papers atpoints intermediate of the cover and. back, and permit the readyinsertion of new mat ter or the withdrawal of old matter from the binderby simply disconnecting two sections of the pillar or post at thedesired point. The removed pages of the binder are temporarily supportedby my supports without the necessity of threading them off and on theposts or pillars of the binder. In the preferred construction of myinvention, a portion of my support is arranged as a flexible member andbends or yields readily in one direction.

In the accompanying drawing showing illustrative embodiments of thisinvention and in which the same reference numerals refer to similarparts in the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan view if a loose leafbinder equipped with my invention, a por tion of the figure being brokenaway to better illustrate the support. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal.vertical section on the line 2-2 loole ing in the direction of thearrows. Fig. 3 is a side elevation on a reduced scale of one of mysupports. Fig. 4: is a plan view of the head of my support taken on theline 4% of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is atransverse horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is aside elevation similar to Fig. 3, showing a modified form of support.

In the illustrative embodiments of this invention shown in the drawing 1is a loose leaf binder having a cover 2, a back 3 and an extensiblepillar or post 4. On this pillar or post I mount, in any suitablemanner, one

rigid body portion 6 having a rearwardly extending handle 7, and aforwardly extending blade 8. These members may be given various shapes,but I preferably, though not necessarily, form them in the shape of aspear-head or pear. As shown in Fig. 1 the point 9 of the blade 8extends approXimately to the end of the contained leaves 10, 10, thoughthe end 9 may extend only half the length of the sheet or at any shorterdistance that may be desired. I preferably however, make the supports asshown so as to form the maximum supporting surface for those leaves 1O,10 which are innnediately above one of the supports 5.

In the preferred construction the blade 8 is secured in any suitablemanner to the body portion 6, either being formed integral with it asshown in Fig. 6, or pivoted to it as shown in Fig. 1 wherein the bodyportion 6 is shown provided with upwardly bent por tions 11 and theblade 8 with corresponding downwardly bent portions to cooperate withthe pivot pin 12. To permit the blade to support the leaves 10, 10 whenthe post 4: is disconnected for the insertion of new or the removal ofold matter, I provide any suitable stop mechanism which will permit theblade 8 to swing upon the pivot pin 12 in one direction, but which willlimit its movement in the opposite direction. Various forms of such stopdevices may be used, but for purposes ofillustration I have shown aplate 13 secured at one end to the rigid body portion 6 by any suitablemeans such as by rivets 14:, 14;, the other end 15 of the plate 13extending out beyond the pivot pin 12. By this construction the blade 8is permitted to swing upwardly and to conform generally to the movementof the leaves in opening and manipulating the binder, but is preventedfrom moving downwardly by the end 15 of the stop or plate 13. It is tobe understood that any other stop mechanism may be used withoutdeparting from my invention.

The rigid body portion 6 is provided with a head 16 and stem 17 tocooperate with another similar head or stem of a cooperating support orwith a cooperating unit 18 of the post 4. It is immaterial how thedifferent units 18 are connected to the head 16 and stem 17, or themeans employed to connect two of the supports 5 together. For pur- 1poses of illustration I have shown the head 16 formed with a seat 19 andradial slots 20, 20 for the reception of the stem 17; the radial slots20, 20 cooperating with the ends of the pin 21 carried by the stem 17The parts are so arranged that by inserting the stem 17 with its pin 21into the seat 19 the ends of the pins 21 will cooperate with the radialslots 20, 20 until the end of the stem 17 reaches the limit of itsmovement in the seat 19, when the two members may be given a partialrotation, the ends of the pins 21 being thereby brought into a groove 22locking the parts together.

Various other means of connecting and disconnecting the supports andunits or sections to the post 4: may be employed, the one shown beingmerely for purpose of illustration.

In some cases it may be advantageous to have the support formed of onepiece, the blade 8 being formed integral with the rigid body portion 6.Such a construction is shown in Fig. 6 where the blade 23 is shownformed integral with the body portion 24:. This blade 23 may under somecircumstances be formed of stiff rigid material preventing it being bentto any appreciable extent, while for other uses it may be formed ofspring metal, or other similar substance, which will permit it bendingmore or less with the leaves of the binder.

The handle 7 of the different supports may be given various contours andmay be used also as an index either with or without the usual frontindex not shown. Numerals or letters may be placed upon them as shown inFig. 1, where a letter A is used which may correspond with a similarletter upon the front index of the binder (if one be used). Thesehandles 7 are preferably comparatively short so as to be unobtrusive andnot interfere with the filing away of the binder.

While I have illustrated in the drawing a loose leaf binder with asingle pillar or post it is to be understood that my invention is not tobe limited to such binders.

Having thus described this invention in connection with the severalillustrative embodiments thereof to the details of which I do not desireto be limited, what is claimed as new and what it is desired to secureby Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim- 1. A support to support the leaves in a loose leaf binderhaving a body portion, interlocking members carried by the body portionadapted to interlock with other complementary members to form a pillarfor the loose leaf binder, and a member pivotally secured to the bodyportion, the body portion and the pivoted member being formedsubstantially in the shape of a pear or spearhead.

2. A support to support the leaves in a loose leaf binder having a bodyportion, interlocking members carried by the body portion adapted tointerlock with other complementary members to form a pillar for theloose leaf binder, a member pivotally secured to the body portion, ahandle on the body portion and a stop to limit the movement of thepivoted member carried by the body portion.

3. A support for a loose leaf binder comprising a body portion havinginterlocking members to cooperate with other complementary interlockingmembers to form a pillar or post, a handle extending to the rear of thebody portion, a pivoted blade mounted on the front of the body portion,and a plate secured to the body portion and having its free endextending into the path of the pivoted blade to limit its movement inone direetion.

JENNINGS SCOTT MOCOMB.

\Vitnesses:

Jos. B. l\IIDDLE'l()N, W. T. SWAN.

